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Re: Basshorns verses direct radiators - It's a question of size. [message #28255 is a reply to message #28253]

Fri, 27 July 2007 11:26

granch
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Registered: May 2009

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Let me try to throw in a little economics and then see what falls out. The Carvin dual 18 inch subs go for $550 and have a sensitivity of 102 dBM and a front face of 23.5" X 40". Four of these would cost $2200 have a sensitivity of 114 dBM and a face area when stacked of about 26 square feet (most of it cone or vent). Now, for the same price, about, we could take one 12pi horn with a mouth area of about 8 sq ft (?) . Sounds like there shouldd be more pattern control in the Carvins.
I am an old converted horn man, building my first back around 1950. I love horns, I like their (pardon the expression) "sound". And I like their distortion lowering effect on the usual drivers. But... at my age economics has to count as well...doesn't it?

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		Carvin By: granch on Tue, 24 July 2007 19:10
		Re: Carvin By: efaber on Wed, 25 July 2007 14:03
		Re: Carvin By: granch on Wed, 25 July 2007 15:28
		Re: Carvin By: Bill Wassilak on Thu, 26 July 2007 11:02
		Basshorns verses direct radiators - It's a question of size. By: Wayne Parham on Thu, 26 July 2007 13:31
		Re: Basshorns verses direct radiators - It's a question of size. By: granch on Thu, 26 July 2007 21:14
		Re: Basshorns verses direct radiators - It's a question of size. By: Wayne Parham on Fri, 27 July 2007 09:37
		Re: Basshorns verses direct radiators - It's a question of size. By: granch on Fri, 27 July 2007 11:26
		Re: Basshorns verses direct radiators - It's a question of size. By: Wayne Parham on Fri, 27 July 2007 11:53
		Re: Basshorns verses direct radiators - It's a question of size. By: granch on Fri, 27 July 2007 19:48
		Re: Basshorns verses direct radiators - It's a question of size. By: Wayne Parham on Fri, 27 July 2007 21:48
		Re: Basshorns verses direct radiators - It's a question of size. By: granch on Fri, 27 July 2007 22:45
		Re: Basshorns verses direct radiators - It's a question of size. By: Wayne Parham on Sat, 28 July 2007 00:11
		Re: Basshorns verses direct radiators - It's a question of size. By: Ivan Beaver on Fri, 27 July 2007 19:19
		Re: Basshorns verses direct radiators - It's a question of size. By: granch on Fri, 27 July 2007 20:03
		Re: Basshorns verses direct radiators - It's a question of size. By: Wayne Parham on Fri, 27 July 2007 21:18
		Re: Basshorns verses direct radiators - It's a question of size. By: granch on Fri, 27 July 2007 21:54
		Re: Basshorns verses direct radiators - It's a question of size. By: Wayne Parham on Fri, 27 July 2007 22:04
		Speaker testing? By: Bill Wassilk on Sat, 28 July 2007 00:28
		Re: Speaker testing? By: granch on Sat, 28 July 2007 00:35
		Re: Speaker testing? By: Bill Wassilk on Sat, 28 July 2007 00:44
		Re: Speaker testing? By: granch on Sat, 28 July 2007 01:03

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